Extinguisher



E. MEROIER. Extinguisher.

No. 226,095 Patented Mar. 30, 1880.

' lhvirn EDWARD MEROIER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,095, dated March 30, 1880.

Application filed September 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LEDWARD MEROIER, of Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Extinguishing Attachments for Kerosene and other similarly-constructed Lamps, which improvements are fully set forth in the annexed specification and in the accompanying drawings.

Myinvent-ion, as herein set forth, is in the nature of an improvement upon my patent of December 11, 1877, Uo.198,l39, to which reference may be had; and the object of it is to simplify the construction of the extinguishing devices, reduce the operating parts to less than half the number embraced in said patent, and, by means of the improvements herein shown, secure such an ofl' position for the extinguishercap by the side of the wicktube as prevents it from interfering with the upward current of air past the flame of the lamp; and it consists in an extinguishingcap constructed to operate without a counter-weight, with a lever requiring no positive connection with said cap, but serving to throw it onto and 0d from the wick with no less certainty.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of the lower portion of the burner, showing my extinguishing attachments thereon, with the cap hanging down by the side of the wick-tube. Fig. 2 is a like view, but showing the parts in the position required to extinguish the flame of the lamp. Fig. 3 shows the wick-tube and extinguisher only, and the manner of securing the latter to the former.

In the drawings, A is the base of the burner. l) is the wick-tube. e is the wick. a is the extinguishing-cap. c is the yoke in which the cap is pivoted, and (Z is the lever.

Like letters refer to like parts in the different figures.

Owing to the weight which I attached to the extinguishing-cap, and to the positive connection existing between the said weight and cap and the lever actuating them, as shown in my said patent of 187 7 the construction of said parts is too costly; and, furthermore, such a construction in terposes serious obstacles to the proper action of the flame of a burner fitted with said devices, as it is essential that the cap should swing low, as shown in Fig. 1, by the side of the wick-tube, in order not to cause the flame to draw over toward the cap, and by constructing the cap and lever as herein shown, without any weight attached thereto, the cap can be dropped low enough to obviate said objection.

The construction herein shown necessitates the employment of only three pieces for the entire extinguishing devices, instead of seven, as required in constructing those shown in my said patent.

In applying my improved extinguishing devices to lamps I crowd the yoke 0 down tightly upon the wick-tube, as seen in Fig. 3, and its arms perforated, as shown, extend upward and obliquely next to two sides of said tube, providing supports in which the cap a is arranged to swing, being secured therebetween by two projections, one at each end, as seen, which enter the perforated ends of the yoke. Said cap a is provided with a short lip, 71, which, when the cap covers the end of the wick-tube, stands out at right angles to the side of the tube, as shown.

The lever 61 is hung, as shown, on the rim of the base A, being inserted through a suitable aperture therein, and has its smaller end bent upward by the side of the wick-tube. The upper end of said lever is bent in the form of double curves, as shown; and, furthermore, the short arm of the lever is so bent as to cause said curved end to press lightly against the edge of lip i when that end and the cap are in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the extreme end of the lever hooking somewhat over the edge of said lip.

When the lamp is burning, the extinguishing parts rest in the position shownin Fig. 1. There is shown the cap hanging over upon the side of the wick-tube sufficiently low not to interfere with the free burning of the lampflame. Its lip t closes against said tube, and the curved end of lever d rests between the cap and the side of the tube.

The cap a is thrown over the top of the wicktube, to extinguish the flame of the lamp, in'the position shown in Fig. 2, bypressin g down upon the end of lever cl, which extends beyond the rim of the burner on which it bears, being held in place by the curved part thereon, as shown in each of the figures. Upon so bearing down on said lever its opposite end moves upward and away from the side of the wick-tube, bearing against the side of the cap, and causes it to swing upward in its hearings in yoke 0. As soon as said lever has so moved for a short distance, lip 2' on the cap swings out, and its edge engages in the curved part near the end of lever d, and is carried by the latter up to the position seen in Figs. 2 and 3, throws the cap quite over the top of the wick. and extinguishes the flame. A reverse movement of the outer end of the lever d throws cap a off from the wick.

A kerosene-lamp provided with the within- V described extinguishing; devices has its wick protected from dust and the evaporation of oil while not lighted, as the cap remains over the wick during that time. Thus the lamp is kept in better condition for service.

What I claim as my invention is In combination with a lamp-burner, the yoke a, secured to the wick-tube b, the cap a, pivoted in yoke c, and provided with the lip 41, and the lever d, curved at its upper end, as shown, substantially as set forth.

E. M EROIER. In presence of H. A. GHAPIN, WM. H. OHAPIN. 

